CVE-2023-24035

Published: Sep 14, 2026Modified: Sep 22, 2026

3.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

An issue was discovered in Nagios XI before 5.9.3. The is_insecure_login_authenticated function uses a insecure timing comparison that leads to an attacker being able to bruteforce the admin password, by measuring timing differences in the comparison.

Related CWEs

CWE-208

Observable Timing Discrepancy

Two separate operations in a product require different amounts of time to complete, in a way that is observable to an actor and reveals security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.

References (2)

https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.nagios.com/security-disclosures/

Source: cve@mitre.org

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